A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Assimp up to 6.0.4 . Affected by this vulnerability is the function aiNode::~aiNode of the file scene.cpp of the component ASE File Parser . Executing a manipulation can lead to use after free. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-10232 . The attack needs to be launched locally. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The project tagged the reported issue as bug.